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A document information panel is a form that is displayed within the client application, and which contains fields for the document metadata. Document information panels enable users to enter important metadata about a file anytime they want, without having to leave the client application.

Is there a way to autopopulate document properties?
I've read things about creating a list and a document library and use a workflow but this is not the approach i'm looking for (this only works for ...

I run SharePoint online in Office 365. I have document content type at site collection level with a few properties. And now when I use it in document library I always get document information panel. I ...

Hallo I'm proceeding this way:
create some site columns and content types using them, in VS2013
reference some docx/dotx
attach them to the Content Type using elements.xml
create a Library Template
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I created an Excel template for a custom content type in SharePoint 2013 and then I created a custom document information panel (DIP) using InfoPath 2013. When I add a new file to my document library ...

Is it possible to create a custom document information panel that doesn't store the information in SharePoint but instead populates the document properties with that information? I essentially want to ...

First off, I'm new to Sharepoint. With that out of the way, I have a document library based on a custom content type. When working with Sharepoint document libraries some users find the document info ...

I think I’ve found a bug in Word 2013 and Word 2013 SP1 when using SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2013 SP1.
When the Document Information Panel is used in a Word Document, it doesn’t support Lookup ...

I tried creating an out of the box document library and added one taxonomy field. After I created a document and added a number of terms (about 50). If I try to edit the document in word it gives me ...

I am trying to add a 'Security Classification' field to the properties of a document. The requirements are that certain users should be able to change the field at a document library level, or if not ...

I created a new content type "Sales Proposal" inheriting from Document content type, which has a few required columns, and added it to my document library. However, when I create a new Sales Proposal ...

we have a problem with Managed Metadata and changes in Document Information panel in Word.
When a user changes a property in the DIP, the changes are not reflected in the documents properties after ...

My problem seems to be that whenever I create an instance of a document content type it seems to crash Word 2010, I've tested it on another PC with Word 2007 installed and it opens the document just ...

My document library supports several custom content types. When "Add new document" is clicked, the Browse dialog for uploading the file is followed by the Document Information Panel which is properly ...

The title more or less says it all.
I have DOTX files in a document library which people can download and create new word files from. The library DOES NOT have required columns or any special custom ...

I have a content type in a library configured with a word document as a template, it is the default content type.
When creating via the UI from New item entering information into the DIP sets values ...

I am trying to hide a managed metadata column in the document information panel. I attempted to do this by setting the ShowInFileDlg property of the field to false however the field still shows. I've ...

If a user clicks on New from a document library then a word template opens with metadata in the header section, will the SPServices jQuery cascading dropdowns work in the word's header? I doubt it. If ...

I have a Custom Document Information Panel developed in InfoPath 2010 - within which I am calling a Web Service to return a date value from the server. The DIP when opened independently works fine, ...

I have a Custom Document Information Panel on a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Document Library. In the DIP, I have fields in which custom InfoPath rules have been written to validate certain fields. For ...